Many of the women who gave speeches used their time to highlight their negative experiences with the industry—an especially relevant issue in the wake of Harvey Weinstein’s actions.

Jennifer Lawrence recounted several "degrading and humiliating" instances in her career, saying: "One girl before me had already been fired for not losing enough weight fast enough."

"And, during this time, a female producer had me do a nude lineup with about five women who were much, much thinner than me. And we all stood side-by-side with only paste-ons covering our privates. After that degrading and humiliating lineup, the female producer told me I should use the naked photos of myself as inspiration for my diet."

"I asked to speak to a producer about the unrealistic diet regime and he responded by telling me he didn't know why everyone thought I was so fat, he thought I was perfectly 'fuckable.'”